Jamie Smith (Getty Images) New Delhi: Jamie Smith stood tall, adding when England stared down the barrel. He returned with his team, which winded at 84/5, and Carling created a counterattack to slam the undefeated 150 (ongoing shifts) and pulled England out of the uncertain situation on the 3rd day of the second test against India in Edgbaston.Smith, only 24 years, joined Harry Brook to trigger sensational struggles and came in full flow of Bazball. With Joe Root (22) and Ben Stokes (0) released by a quick sequence, Smith arrived under pressure, but replied with a fearless intention and excellent drag.He reached his 150 of only 144 supplies-the fastest English dough in test history. Only Harry Brook (115 balls), Ben Stokes (135), Ben Duckett (140) and Ollie Pope (142) were faster.
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He now organizes the fourth fastest 150 tests against India, for Shahid Afridi (126 Balls, 2006), David Warner (128, 2012) and Duckett (140, 2024).Fastest up to 150 tests for England (from the balls received):
- 115 – Harry Brook vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2022
- 135 – Ben Stokes vs. South Africa, Cape Town, 2016
- 140 – Ben Duckett vs India, Rajkot, 2024
- 142 – Ollie Pope vs Zimbabwe, Trent Bridge, 2025
- 144 – Jamie Smith vs India, Edgbaston, 2025
Smith also raised his century in only 80-he compared to the third fastest test of hundreds of English dough, besides Brook’s efforts against Pakistan in 2022. He presented Stokes’ 85-moon against New Zealand in Lord in 2015.
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Only Gilbert Jessop (76 Balls vs Australia, 1902) and Jonny Bairstow (77 Balls VS New Zealand, 2022) scored faster for England in format.The Indian bowling attack, deprived of Jasprit Bumhrah’s firing forces, tried to contain Smith’s freely flowing shifts. With confidence he swept and drove with confidence, peppered border ropes and turned the influx of the match.
